End-gate fastener



N. K. NELSON.

END GATE FASTENER- APPLICATION mp0 JUNE 25. Ian.

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NELS K. NELSON, OF LAKE MILLS, IOWA.

END-GATE FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented une 10, 1919.

Application filed June 25, 1917. SerialNo. 176,864

provision of a device of this character which is carried by the end gateand adapted to engage the sides of the wagon body whereby the end gatemay be easily removed or replaced.

A further object is the provision of means for adjusting the fastener toaccommodate end gates and wagon bodies of various widths.

Another object is the provision of a device of this character which maybe connectedtothe endgates and wagon bodies now commonly in use.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel details of construction and arrangement of parts which will bemore clearly understood from the following'description and drawing, in

which Figure 1 is a rear end view of the wagon body with the end gateand fastenerin position, and

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking inthe direction of the arrows.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the bottom of the wagon body and2 the sides thereof. Vertical strips or cleats 3 are connected to theinner faces of the sides 2 and as is more particularly illustrated inFig. 2 of the drawings these cleats are spaced apart to receive the endgate 4 therebetween. Vertical strips 5 are secured to the outer side ofthe end: ate 4 and are provided with the longitudinal grooves 6 for thepurpose that will be presently described. Grooves 7 are formed in theouter cleats 3 and ooves- 8 are formed in the ends of the sldes 2 forthe purpose that will be presently described. Plates 9 are secured tothe outer faces of the sides 2 and are provided on the outer end with anotch adapted to re ister with the grooves 8 in the sides 2. The end ofthe plates 9, on

each side of the notch is bent atright angles to form the projectionslO.

A rod 11 is received in the grooves 6 of v the middle strip 5 and one ofthe end strips and is held therein by means of plates 12 which overliethe rod and grooves. A link 13 is received in the grooves of theopposite end strip 5, said strip being provided with two grooves 6 whichare vertically spaced. A plate lei is secured to. the strip and overliesboth of the grooves as well as the link. A rod 15 is connected to thelink by means of the eye 16 formed on the end of therod and said rod 15is provided on the opposite end with an enlarged head 17. This rod 15will pass through the groove 7 formed in the strip or cleats 3 and thegroove 8 formed in the sides 2 and through the notch formed in the plate9. The enlarged head 17 will be received behind the projection 10 as ismore particularly illustrated in the drawings. A rod 18 provided with aneye 19 is connected to, the eye 20 formed on the end of the rod 11 andthe outer end of the rod 18 is threaded as indicated at 21 to receive anut 22 which is adapted to be received behind the projection 10 formedon the plate 9. By having the eyes 16 and 19 on the rods 15 and 18respectively, it will be seen that they are pivotally connected to thelink 13 and rod 11 respectively. The rod 18 will pass through the groove7 formed in the cleat 3, the groove 8 formed in the sides 2 and thenotch formed in the plate 9. A lever 23 having the perforated ears 24 ispivotally connected to the link 13 by said link passing through theopening in the ears and the lever is provided with an integralprojection having an opening 25 adjacent the end thereof to receive theend of the rod 11 which is bent to form an eye 26 whereby the rod 11 isconnected to the lever.

, Having fully described the detailed construction it is thought thatthe manner of operating and the advantages will be clearly understood.It will be seen that I have provided an end gate fastener which canreadily be connected to the wagon bodies and end gates now commonly inuse and which may be adjusted, by operating the nut 22 on the threadedrod 21, to accommodate end gates or wagon bodies of various widths. Itwill also be noted that the fastener is also carried by the end gate sothat all of it will be understood that it; could asequally well be usedon an end gate formed in sections which are hmgedly connected to.-v

gether. 1 In the drawings the fastener is il-- lustrated, inafull lines,locking the end gate in position and in dotted lines Fig. 2, with theparts released whereby the end gate may be removed. When it is desiredto remov e the end gate the lever 23 is rocked outwardly thereby slidingthe rod 11 and link 13 in opposite directions whereby the enlarged head17*of-the rod .15 and the nut 22-011mm rod 18 will be. disengaged frombehind the projections 10 whereby the rods may be swung: on. their pivotpoints and removed from-ithe; grooves formed inthe cleats andendsof'thesides 2. When this has been done the endf gate may be raised and removedfrom between the cleats. It

will, be'notedjthatby providing the grooves; guide will be.

6in the vertical strips 5 a formed for'the rod "11 and the link 13whereby they. will easilyslide' and be held'in position Whentheendgateis again lowered'betweenthe cleats the rods 15and-18 are swung inposition to lie in the, grooves. 7 andf8 and the'notch in theplates 9and the lever-23' is" then forced upwardly whereby the rod 11 and' linkl 13 will be brought toward one another and the enlarged head 17 onthe rod 15 and the nut 22 on the thereof, an end gate mounted in saidbody. having grooved strips secured thereto, a rod slidably'mounted onone side of the end gate, a link slidably mounted on the opposite side,a securing lever provided with spaced inwardly directed ears pivotallysecured to the said link at the inner end thereof, said leverbeingfurther providedwith an integral projection and apertured toreceive the inner end of the said rod, fastening rods pivotally.connected to the outer ends of'the said'li'nk and rod adapted to beslidably received withinthe slots provided in the ends of" the plates,and means for holding the fastening rods within the slots:

when the lever'is forced inwardly.

In t stimonywhereofI aflix my signature 7 in presence of two witn'esses;I I I NELS ICN'EIJS'ON. Witnesses:

K. S. PAULsoN,

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